1、- 1 -沁县中学 2017-2018 学年度第二学期期末考试高一英语答题时间：120 分钟，满分：150 分（命题人：卫明凤）第一部分 阅读理解(共两节，满分 60 分)第一节 (共 15 小题；每小题 3 分，满分 45 分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。APersonal RobotMake your parents and teachers happy!Are you having problems finishing your homework on time? Do you avoid tidying your r
2、oom until your mom shouts at you? You dont need to worry if you buy a Mr. Helping Hand personal robot. Mr. H can be programmed to organize your homework. Your own personal robot will follow you around, putting away books and objects that you have left on the floor or bed.Mr. H also has these feature
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4、CONTROLacts as a remote control for TVs and videos.gives you a daily weather forecast.- 2 -reminds you when to hand in your homework.sets off a silent warning alarm when parents or teachers are near.Besides, your PENGO WATCH CONTROL will always tell you the time accurately!Originally sold for $199NO
5、W ONLY $99 For more information, click here.1. With help from a Mr.H, you can _.A. stop using batteriesB. get your room tidied on your way homeC. remember your teachers instructionsD. finish your homework on time2. If you buy a PENGO WATCH CONTROL now, you can save _.A. 99 B. 100C. 200 D. 1993. Wher
6、e would you be most likely to find the two texts?A. On a notice board B. In a company brochure.C. On a teenage website D. In a college newspaper.【答案】1. D 2. B 3. C【解析】这是一篇广告类阅读。文章主要介绍了适合青少年应用的个人机器人。【1 题详解】细节理解题。答案定位在 Make your parents and teachers happy!部分，Are you having problems finishing your home
7、work on time? You dont need to worry if you buy a Mr. Helping Hand personal robot.你在按时完成家庭作业方面存在问题吗？如果你买这款Mr. Helping Hand 私人机器人，你就不用再担心这个问题，故选 D。【2 题详解】简单计算题。答案定位在最后一段 Originally sold for $199 NOW ONLY $99 For more information, click here.可知 PENGO WATCH CONTROL 原价 199 美元，现价 99 美元，因此推断出你可以节省 100 美元，
8、故选 B。【3 题详解】推理判断题。这两篇文章主要介绍了适合青少年应用的个人机器人，所以这两篇文章最可能- 3 -出现在青少年网站，故选 C。BGold Coast family holidays are always great fun whether you are from Australia or from abroad. There are beautiful beaches, adventure parks, nature parks and so much more.There are so many sights to see here. It is a pity to dri
9、ve in a car and youll miss a great part of it. Australia is home to many animals and birds that can only be seen when moving slowly and going into the areas that they live.When you are on a bicycle, you have the advantage of being able to stop whenever you want to see an interesting animal or bird t
10、hat you have never seen before. It is a quieter way of transportation as well, so you might even be able to take a picture. When you are on the beach, you can breathe that clean air and view the beauty of the water and sand. It is a totally different experience from either simply sunbathing or passi
11、ng it in a car.There are many choices of hiring a bicycle to experience the Gold Coast attractions. There are stores that will fit a bike perfectly to your size. These bikes for both adults and children are in many styles and colors to please any taste. If you have ever wanted to try a tandem bike (
12、双人单车), now is your chance, because they have those too.A bicycle hire on Gold Coast is something that everyone should try at least once. This is a wonderful chance for anyone who likes to cycle and it is also a cheap way to travel with your family.4. Driving in a car on Gold Coast is not suggested b
13、ecause _.A. you will break the traffic rules B. you cant enjoy the beautiful scenery wellC. you will cause much noise D. you cant drive into some parks5. The following advantages of hiring bikes are mentioned EXCEPT that _.A. it is a good way to do sunbathingB. it is a cheap way of traveling- 4 -C.
14、you can get a clearer sight of animalsD. you can take photos of animals6. What is the authors attitude towards a bike hire on Gold Coast?A. He doesnt like this way of traveling B. He thinks it is a personal choiceC. He supports it very much. D. He thinks it is only good for adults7. What is Paragrap
15、h 4 mainly about?A. How to hire bikes on Gold Coast B. What kinds of bikes there are in storesC. What bikes are the most popular D. Who can hire bikes on Gold Coast【答案】4. B 5. A 6. C 7. B【解析】这是一篇说明文。文章作者推荐人们在澳大利亚黄金海岸旅行时，最好租自行车旅行，并说明了诸多好处。【4 题详解】细节理解题。答案定位在第二段 It is a pity to drive in a car and youll
16、 miss a great part of it.可知不建议在黄金海岸开车，因为你会错过很大一部分美景，故选 B。【5 题详解】细节理解题。本题询问文章中没有提到的租自行车的好处，此题适宜使用排除法来作答。由文章的最后一段 This is a wonderful chance for anyone who likes to cycle and it is also a cheap way to travel with your family.可知租自行车旅行是一种很省钱的方式，排除 B；第三段 When you are on a bicycle, you have the advantage
17、of being able to stop whenever you want to see an interesting animal or bird that you have never seen before.可知租自行车旅行，可以更清楚地看到动物，排除 C；第三段 It is a quieter way of transportation as well, so you might even be able to take a picture.可知租自行车旅行，你可以给动物拍照，排除 D，故选 A。【6 题详解】推理判断题。答案定位在最后一段 A bicycle hire on Go
18、ld Coast is something that everyone should try at least once.可知作者认为在黄金海岸租自行车旅行是每个人至少应该尝试一次的，由此推知作者非常支持租自行车旅行，故选 C。【7 题详解】- 5 -段落大意题。第四段 There are many choices of hiring a bicycle to experience the Gold Coast attractions. There are stores that will fit a bike perfectly to your size.是段落主题句，第四段主要讲了在租自行
19、车时，可供选择的自行车种类，故选 B。CPaula and her husband have four kids, three pet dogs, and a rabbit. When the house is very noisy, Helen, one of the children, is quietly inventing. A year ago, the 10-year-old had to design an anti-smoking poster for a school project. Rather than a poster, she came up with the id
20、ea of creating something that shows the average amount of tar(尼古丁) a smoker collects from just four packs of cigarettes.“I like people to play with things more than read and write,” she says. So she researched her idea on the Internet, found a company in China that could make it, saved up her pocket
21、 money and got her idea made.Paula says her daughter “thinks differently”: Ideas jump into her mind. After she got sun-burnt on holiday, Helen invented a small plastic bracelet（手镯) that changes color in the sun, telling you when to put on sunscreen. Several sunscreen companies have expressed an inte
22、rest in the idea. She also came up with an idea to make a ball filled with water to stop the dog from feeling thirsty. “But we didnt do anything with it,” says Paula.Then she pulls out a picture of a special fishing rod she has designed. “ There is a camera on the hook, ” she explains, “and the scre
23、en is on the handle，and it shows you if youve caught a fish or not. ”Helen doesnt want to go to university. She keeps her pink-and-cream bedroom tidy. Paula is amazed and a bit confused by her daughter. “Everything has to be in a certain order,” Paula says. “Her brothers and sisters go with the flow
24、, but with Helen, its What time will that be happening? or Where am I being picked up from today? ”8. From Paragraph 2, we can infer that Helen _.A. is not willing to go to schoolB. likes to play with her brothers and sisters- 6 -C. prefers making something by herselfD. is good at reading and writin
25、g9. What did Helen invent after she got sun-burnt on vacation?A. The anti-smoking posterB. The bracelet telling when to put on sunscreenC. The ball providing water for thirsty dogsD. The fishing rod telling whether youve caught a fish10. The underlined phrase “go with the flow” probably means “_”.A.
26、 do what most people usually doB. set an example to othersC. follow the fashion closelyD. do something differently from others11. The passage is mainly about _.A. how Helen helps people give up smokingB. a little girls dream to be a world-famous inventorC. a 10-year-old inventors storyD. Helens rela
27、tionship with her family members【答案】8. C 9. B 10. A 11. C【解析】【分析】这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲了十岁的 Helen 有自己的想法，不想上大学，她在安静地进行自己的发明创造。【8 题详解】推理判断题。答案定位在第二段“I like people to play with things more than read and write,” she says. So she researched her idea on the Internet, found a company in China that could make it, s
28、aved up her pocket money and got her idea made.可知 Helen 说：“我喜欢人们制造东西，而不只是拘泥于读和写” ，而实际上，她也是把自己的想法应用于了实践。由此，从第二自然段，我们可以推断出 Helen 更喜欢自己制造东西，故选 C。【9 题详解】- 7 -细节理解题。答案定位在第三段 After she got sun-burnt on holiday, Helen invented a small plastic bracelet（手镯) that changes color in the sun, telling you when to
29、put on sunscreen.可知度假时，Helen 被晒伤后，她发明了能告知什么时候抹防晒霜的手镯，故选 B。【10 题详解】词义猜测题。答案定位在最后一段“Everything has to be in a certain order,” Paula says.可知 Paula 说：“每件事情都有它一定的顺序” ，与下文相呼应，可推知 Her brothers and sisters go with the flow, but with Helen 的意思是她的兄弟姐妹都随大流，而Helen 却不是。 “go with the flow”的意思是像大多数人那样去做，故选 A。【11 题
30、详解】主旨大意题。第一段 When the house is very noisy, Helen, one of the children, is quietly inventing.是文章的主题句，结合全文内容可知这篇文章主要讲了十岁的 Helen 有自己的想法，不想上大学，她在安静地进行自己的发明创造，故选 C。【点睛】本文第四题考查了主旨大意题。我们可以直接从主题段第一段中找出主题句。在完成主旨大意题时，抓住中心思想或主题非常重要。一篇文章一般表达一个中心内容或主题。这个中心内容或主题通常用一个句子来概括。此句叫做主题句。一般来说，说明文和议论文都有主题句，而且多位于文章的开头，有时也位
31、于文章的中间或末尾。但有时不能在文中直接找到主题句，要求读者把握每段的主题句，弄清段与段之间逻辑关系的基础上自己归纳总结。主题句必须能简洁明了地概括全文的主要内容，具有高度的综合性和概括性。文章或段落的其他句子都是对主题句的进一步解释、说明、论证或扩展。常见的主旨型题干：1) What is the topic sentence of the passage?2) This article/text/passage mainly tells that _.3) Which of the following gives a general idea of the passage?4) Which
32、 of the following is the main idea of the passage?DMost children have ever heard their parents yell“sit up straight ！”or“dont slouch（无精打采）！”when they eat dinnerNowadays，it is also heard around another activity -video games. Ten-year-old Owaish admits it takes him three to four hours a day to play ga
33、mes on his tablet computer. In addition, - 8 -he plays for about two hours on the smart phone every day. As a result, he started suffering a severe pain in the neck around June or July. Whats worse, the pain has spread to the hand and back gradually, which makes his mother Mehzabin become concerned.
34、The doctors note the number of young children with the chronic pain（慢性痛）in their necks，arms and shoulders is on the increase sharply in recent years. They are not aging, they havent had an accident, the blood reports are fine, their X-rays are fine. Facts have proved that the pain is from the poor p
35、osture while they are playing video games on smart phones or other electronic devices. 19-year-old student Nida feels pain in the finger which holds the weight of her smart phone most of the day. Nida almost uses her smart phone 24/7, which means 24 hours a day,seven days a week, or all the time.Hea
36、lth experts predict there will be not only physical but psychological and emotional problems resulting from the overuse of electronic devices. They encourage people to often take breaks and exercise from using computers,smart phones or other devices. Stand up. Stretch the legs, back, shoulders and a
37、rms in all the possible directions. That is the most effective way and maybe the key to solving the problem completely. After all, the medication does not help sometimes.12. What is Mehzabin worried about?A. Her son has no table mannersB. Her son doesnt work hard at schoolC. Her sons physical proble
38、ms get worseD. Her son spends much money on video games13. What do we know about the chronic pain?A. Adults dont have the problemB. It is caused by the wrong body positionC. Using a heavy smart phone will cause it.D. Children with it usually have other diseases14. According to health experts,_- 9 -A
39、. people should stop using smart phonesB. the best treatment for the chronic pain is exercisingC. people must take medicine to cure the chronic painD. the chronic pain has nothing to do with ones mental health15. Where does the text probably come from?A. A health reportB. A news storyC. A research p
40、lanD. A business magazine【答案】12. C 13. B 14. B 15. A【解析】这是一篇说明文。文章主要讲了现在越来越多的孩子由于过度地玩手机和电脑，引发了慢性疼痛这个问题。健康专家认为，慢性疼痛最好的治疗方法是运动。【12 题详解】细节理解题。答案定位在第一段 Whats worse, the pain has spread to the hand and back gradually, which makes his mother Mehzabin become concerned.可知 Mehzabin 担心她儿子身体上的问题，越来越严重，故选 C。【13
41、 题详解】细节理解题。答案定位在倒数第二段 Facts have proved that the pain is from the poor posture while they are playing video games on smart phones or other electronic devices.可知慢性疼痛是由错误的身体姿势造成的，故选 B。【14 题详解】细节理解题。答案定位在最后一段 Stand up. Stretch the legs, back, shoulders and arms in all the possible directions. That is t
42、he most effective way and maybe the key to solving the problem completely.可知健康专家认为，慢性疼痛最好的治疗方法是运动，故选 B。【15 题详解】推理判断题。这篇文章主要讲了现在越来越多的孩子由于过度地玩手机和电脑，引发了慢性疼痛这个问题。健康专家认为，慢性疼痛最好的治疗方法是运动。这是一篇关于健康问题的文章，所以这篇文章最可能出自健康报告，故选 A。- 10 -第二节 (共 5 小题;每小题 3 分,满分 15 分)根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。All over t
43、he world, animals and plants are in trouble. People are trying to find ways to help them. _16_.Adopt an animal.Many zoos and wildlife organizations have programs that let kids donate money to help a specific endangered animal. _17_.Dont release fish or pets onto the wild._18_. Your pet is not native
44、 to where you live. Set loose, it might become an invasive species, or it might spread parasites (寄生虫). So keep your fish in their tank, or find them a new home but not the pond._19_.Chemicals used to kill garden weeds and bugs are a big problem for animals. Maybe if you offered to pull up the weeds
45、 instead, you could help people to use fewer poisons.Speak up!Share what you know and speak up for the animals. Write letters! Powerful people need to know that you care and that youre keeping an eye on them to make sure they do their jobs right and protect the planet.Make less trash.Pollution and p
46、lastic trash are bad for animals and nature. How can you help?_20_.Take your lunch in a lunchbox or reusable bag.Bring cloth bags to the store and remind grow-ups of they forget.A.It might seem kind to set pets free-but it isnt.B.But what can you do in daily life?C.Pull weeds.D.Pulling weeds is a ch
47、ore-but you said you want to help!- 11 -E.People are finding lots of ways to help the endangered species.F.For your next birthday, why not ask your friends and family to help you adopt.G.Bring drinks from home in a refillable bottle.【答案】16. B 17. F 18. A 19. C 20. G【解析】这是一篇议论文。文章指出了全世界的动物和植物处于困境中这个问
48、题，并且人们正在试图找到帮助它们的方法。作者列出了一些可行的办法。【16 题详解】上文 All over the world, animals and plants are in trouble. People are trying to find ways to help them.指出了全世界的动物和植物处于困境中这个问题，并且人们正在试图找到帮助它们的方法。承接上文，B 选项“但是你在日常生活中能做些什么呢?”切题，答案是 B。【17 题详解】上文 Many zoos and wildlife organizations have programs that let kids donat
49、e money to help a specific endangered animal.指出了许多动物园和野生动物组织有让孩子们捐钱帮助一个特定的濒危的动物的计划。承接上文，F 选项“对于你的下一个生日，为什么不让你的朋友和家人来帮助你收养呢？”切题，而且 F 选项中的 adopt 与这一段的标题Adopt an animal.相呼应，答案是 F。【18 题详解】这一段落的标题是 Dont release fish or pets onto the wild. 不要把鱼或是宠物放生到野外，与之相呼应，A 选项“把宠物放生似乎是很友好的，但事实上它不是。 ”切题，答案是 A。【19 题详解】Chemicals used to kill garden weeds and bugs are a big problem for animals. Maybe if you offered to pull up the weeds instead, you could help peopl
